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2 killed, 3 injured in crane accident at construction siteIndustryMay 22, 2017Two South Koreans were killed and three others injured after a crane broke down at a construction site near Seoul, police said Monday. Five workers fell from a 55-meter-tall tower crane at the construction site for an apartment complex in Namyangju, just northeast of Seoul, around 4:40 p.m., according to police and firefighters. (Yonhap) Two were confirmed dead at the scene and three seriously... -
WHO meet refuses to admit Taiwan amid China pressureWorld NewsMay 22, 2017Despite impassioned pleas from several countries, the World Health Organization's annual assembly refused Monday to even discuss admitting Taiwan to the meeting, under pressure from China. Self-governing Taiwan, which China sees as a renegade province awaiting reunification, has been invited to attend the WHO's main annual meeting as an observer every year since 2009, but this year it did not re...
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Korea will perform better in 'must-win' match vs. Argentina: coachSoccerMay 22, 2017South Korean football coach Shin Tae-yong said Monday his team will show an even better performance in its second match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup than it did in a convincing victory last weekend. Hosts South Korea opened the 2017 U-20 World Cup last Saturday by cruising to a 3-0 win over Guinea at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul. South Korea will face Arg...
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Indonesian police make mass arrests over 'gay sex party'WorldMay 22, 2017Indonesian police have detained 141 men including several foreigners for allegedly taking part in a gay sex party at a sauna, an official said Monday, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Officers late Sunday raided a building in the capital Jakarta that houses a sauna and a gym, and halted what they said was a sex party promoted as "The Wild One". P...
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Foreign tourists fall 27 pct last month amid THAAD rowTravelMay 22, 2017The number of foreign tourists to South Korea fell 27 percent in April from a year earlier as demand from China fell dramatically, the country's tourism agency said Monday. Last month, a total of 1.07 million foreigners visited the country. Chinese travelers plunged 67 percent year-over-year to 227,811, according to data from the Korea Tourism Organization. China banned the sale of travel packa...
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S. Korea sees steep fall in Chinese visitors on THAAD spatTravelMay 22, 2017The number of Chinese tourists in South Korea more than halved last month from a year earlier, dragged down by China's ban on sales of Korea-bound trips amid a diplomatic row over a U.S. anti-missile system, the state tourism body said Monday. The tally of Chinese visitors came to 227,811 in April, down 66.6 percent from 682,318 recorded the previous year, according to the data by the Korea Tour...
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Students sexually abused by peers face struggles in courtWorld NewsMay 22, 2017When children sexually assault other children at school, sometimes the only measure of justice comes through the courts. The barriers are formidable, and can lead to long, grueling fights: Public schools in many states enjoy powerful shields, including caps on damages and high legal hurdles to prove misconduct. And a handful of states offer schools complete immunity from lawsuits in state court....
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Search team identifies missing student's remains in Sewol ferrySocial affairsMay 13, 2017South Korea's search team investigating the Sewol ferry, which was salvaged three years after it sank in the country's worst maritime disaster, said Saturday it has identified the remains of a missing high school student. The team said the victim's family identified the remains of a female student named Cho Eun-hwa, by reviewing parts of discovered teeth. The remains were found on the fourth dec... -
US lawmakers pushing to reauthorize NK human rights actNorth KoreaMay 13, 2017US lawmakers are pushing to reauthorize a bill promoting human rights and freedom in North Korea that expires this year, according to a news report Saturday. Voice of America reported that US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has presented a bill titled "The North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017" to the Senate's Foreign Relations subcommittee on human rights. Rubio is the chairman o... -
Trump suggests he might drop daily press briefingsWorld NewsMay 13, 2017President Donald Trump threatened to shut down daily press briefings Friday as he sought to defend his White House from criticism of its shifting explanations and misstatements about the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Trump's statements, through a tweet and later television interview, threaten a Washington institution that is the most high-profile forum for journalists to question the gover...
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Pyongyang will talk with Washington under right conditions: NK diplomatNorth KoreaMay 13, 2017A senior North Korean diplomat in charge of US affairs said Saturday Pyongyang will hold talks with Washington "under the right conditions," raising the possibility bilateral contact amid US President Donald Trump having expressed his willingness to meet with the North's leader. Choe Son-hui, director-general of the North America bureau chief of North Korea's foreign ministry, told reporters at ... -
Trump raised trade first, NK later in talks with Moon: officialPoliticsMay 13, 2017US President Donald Trump raised the topic of renegotiating a free trade deal with South Korea first before mentioning cooperation on the North Korean nuclear front in a recent phone conversation with Moon Jae-in, South Korea's new president, an informed official here said Saturday. "President Trump, during the phone conversation, first delivered congratulatory remarks, then said the FTA should ... -
Number of new child adoptees in Korea falls to record low in 2016Social affairsMay 13, 2017The number of new child adoptees in South Korea reached a record low last year, data showed Saturday. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of new child adoptees stood at 880 in 2016, falling 17 percent on-year. (Yonhap) Among the new adoptees, 334 were adopted by overseas families. Of those, 67 percent were sent to the United States. Other destinati... -
N. Korea sends protest to US Congress over sanctionsNorth KoreaMay 13, 2017A North Korean parliamentary committee sent a rare letter of protest to the US House of Representatives on Friday over its new package of tougher sanctions. The sanctions were condemned as a "heinous act against humanity'' by the foreign affairs committee of the North's Supreme People's Assembly, according to a state media report. It was not immediately clear how the protest was conveyed -- if ...
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Trump says 'certain circumstances' must be met for inter-Korean talksWorld NewsMay 13, 2017U.S. President Donald Trump said he doesn't oppose South Korea's newly elected President Moon Jae-in engaging in dialogue with Pyongyang, but reiterated that talks must be pursued under right circumstances. According to a transcript of his interview with America's NBC News released on Thursday (local time), Trump said "He's (Moon) more open to discussion. I don't mind discussion, but its under c...
